Sometimes it's not only what you want to do, but where you want to live that counts in a career. While home offices and the internet have broken down some geographic boundaries, there are still some jobs higher in demand in some regions than others...

In March 2008, I took a field trip to the Greene County Health Department, located in Bloomfield. My mission was to inquire about the restaurant inspections within the Linton area. I wasn't quite sure how this inspection of the records would work, but I found out that I needed to request each inspection file by restaurant name...

It's been a year now, so it's time for some follow-up on a post from last year. On a Friday back in early-December 2007, I posted about a portfolio of six publicly-traded companies (dubbed "the 6-pack"), along with an additional pick of Anheuser-Busch (the "+1"). http://gcdailyworld.com/blogs/chriswathen/entry/15323/ And boy, this fantasy football-style portfolio has had a violent ride in the stock market over the past 12 months!...

Since a post back in September on the subject, I ran across another interesting website at http://gcdailyworld.com/blogs/chriswathen/entry/20991/ that shows executive compensation at some of America's largest companies. The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), which describes itself as a federation of a number of national and international labor unions, has developed the "Executive PayWatch Database" on its website for many of America's top Chief Executive Officers (CEOs). ...

According to the Tribune Company's last 10-Q filing with the SEC in November 2008, the Cubs baseball team is up for sale and will likely be 'disposed of' in 2009. See this link for more info: http://corporate.tribune.com/tribune_sec/investors_test.php?page=secfilings...

Business owners should be on the look out for a new scam, which may present itself in your mailbox soon. The letter has the appearance of an official government request to handle certain business paperwork, citing fictitious laws and requesting a fee for these services. The Indiana Secretary of State issued the following 'Scam Alert' recently:...

As of late, we read many examples of corporations filing the big 'B' in various newspapers and online. In August, I discussed how clothing retailer Steve & Barry's had filed for bankruptcy, but were still expected to remain open in their Terre Haute location. http://gcdailyworld.com/blogs/chriswathen/entry/20439/ Word has it now that they will be closing this location. Linens-N-Things and Circuit City both filed for bankruptcy, too, recently...

Wow! Terre Haute is now without a Mayor! One of my interests is keeping up with current court cases around the State of Indiana, and a truly interesting one was found, which I thought I'd share. In fact, the Court of Appeals opinion was just published earlier today...

The Indiana Chamber of Commerce has recently published some state-wide maps with interesting county-by-county data, regarding educational levels of the current and available Hoosier workforce. Below you'll find links to these county-county maps for the State of Indiana:...